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To: Lee who wrote (28116)	8/12/1999 11:21:00 AM
From: Lee	Respond to of 50167

Economic Data for Thursday, August 12th, 1999 Weekly Jobless Claims = +4k to 284k dol.gov In the week ending Aug. 7, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 284,000, an increase of 4,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 280,000. The 4-week moving average was 288,250, a decrease of 6,750 from the previous week's unrevised average of 295,000. Retail Sales for July = +0.7% census.gov The Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce announced today that advance estimates of U.S. retail sales for July adjusted for seasonal, holiday, and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $248.7 billion, an increase of 0.7 percent (±0.7%) from the previous month and up 9.1 percent (±0.9%) from July 1998. Import Prices for July = +0.9% Export Prices for July = -0.2% census.gov dismal.com